Philips Norelco T980 Turbo Vacuum Trimmer

trims nice. the best part is its precision trimmer, gives you a very close trim. worth it.

The T980 is ok. It does trim your beard, although it does get all the hair, it does get some. It is easy to maintain because it does not require any lubrication and the blades are forever sharp. It is cumbersome to shave the hair right under your nose, I put on the attachment and trim the area manually.

I was a little concerned after reading a few of the negative reviews. Nonetheless, I decided to go with this trimmer, it had a lot more positive reviews than negative and it was the most expensive trimmer on amazon at the time and I was looking for a high quality trimmer.

After a few uses I quickly realized why some of the negative reviews said the trimmer didn't trim. I recall one guy saying he was pressing super hard but it didn't trim any hair. So here's the scoop, the plastic guard/head if improperly seated on the top of the trimmer stands 1/2 - 1 inch higher than it should. Thus on virtually any setting, the trimmer part isn't touching your face. This is not a big deal, properly seating the guard on the device is pretty simple.

For me the battery on the trimmer has lasted about 25-35 trims of the my full beard. I don't use the turbo vacuum feature as I heard that it runs the batteries out quicker and it doesn't seem like it's needed anyway. I keep my beard pretty short and the vacuum under normal power does the job.

The device has 10 length settings and an extra trimming pieces to do clean-up type work. It doesn't make that much noise (when the turbo button is not on) and it is a very light device. I think the overall size of the device is "just right". It's feels comfortable using it and it's not overly large which would make for awkward use.

The only suggestion I'd have for Norelco is to beef up the friction on the length adjuster. While using the device a few times the length setting moved to a lower setting unintentionally.

All in all I am extremely satisfied with this trimmer. For not a lot of $ I feel like I bought the best trimmer that was available on the market.

I bought the Philips Norelco T908 Turbo based on other customer reviews. I wish I hadn't. The thing is a piece of junk. The swivel adjuster for setting beard length moved when I was using it and suddenly I was cutting off more than I wanted. Also, the plastic catcher broke after about a month. Avoid this like the plague!

The only problem is the covering on the hair chamber is quite loose. It will come off and spill if I lay the thing down on the wrong side. All this means is I have to empty it every time before stowing it. A minor problem

Otherwise, it works perfectly.